Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure Estimated Using the SHSES Scale, and Feature Tracking Computed Tomography-Derived Left Ventricular Global Longitudinal Strain in Hypertensive Patients

• Published in: Cardiovascular toxicology 2022-12, Vol.22 (12), p.940-950
• Main Authors: Gać, Paweł, Martuszewski, Adrian, Paluszkiewicz, Patrycja, Poręba, Małgorzata, Mazur, Grzegorz, Poręba, Rafał
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Blood pressure; Cardiology; Computed tomography; CT imaging; Exposure; Heart; Hypertension; Hypertrophy; Passive smoking; Pharmacology/Toxicology; Regression analysis; Risk analysis; Risk factors; Subgroups; Tobacco; Tobacco smoke; Tomography; Type 2 diabetes; Ventricle
• ISSN: 1530-7905; 1559-0259
• DOI: 10.1007/s12012-022-09770-6

Aim of the study was to assess the relationship between environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) and computed tomography-derived left ventricular global longitudinal strain (LV GLS) in patients with arterial hypertension. 103 non-smokers with AH were included in the study (age 67.73 ± 8.84 years). ETS exposure was assessed with the Second-Hand Smoke Exposure Scale (SHSES). LV GLS was measured on computed tomography using feature tracking technology. In accordance with SHSES scale patients were divided into subgroups: subgroup A—no ETS exposure, subgroup B—low ETS exposure, subgroup C—medium ETS exposure, and subgroup D—high ETS exposure. Peak of LV GLS was statistically significantly lower in subgroup D than in subgroup A. There was a negative correlation between the exposure to ETS expressed by the SHSES scale and peak of LV GLS ( r  = − 0.35, p